St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-02
T TACKLES THE JAIL.
The City Council fakes Shot at the
County Barn.
A RATHER LENGTHY SESSION
Bills Presented for Street Illumination
and for the Presidential
Reception.

Dowlan to the chair at the council meet
ng last night, and taking the floor, in
troduced the following: b.
Whereas The city of st. Paul bears almost
exclusively the burden of taxation involved
in a suitable provision for the safe keeping
of the prisoners of Ramsey county, and, =
whereas, The city must also bear in large
measure the odium and disgrace attendant
upon the recent disclosures with respect to
the character and conduct of the common
jail of said county; therefore,
Resolved, That we deem it our privilege
and duty to respectfully suggest to the board
of county commissioners of this county that
steps should be Immediately taken to provide
suitable apartments for the female prisoners.
in said jail, and that said apartments should
be separated entirely from those occupied by
the other sex. We further suggest that this
the female prisoners that part OF
the Jail building recently occu-
pied by the sheriff's family; and
If this is insufficient, to provide other accom-
modationS for the county officials, aside from
the sheriff, who now occupy parts of the
jail building. We also desire to press upon
the board of county commissioners the
urgent necessity of employing some suitable
person as matrOn, who shall have the per-
sonal care and supervision of all female
prisoners.
Col. Kerr moved the passage of the
resolution, with some very fOrcible re-
marks. He said: ..To my mind there
is no rational excuse for the state of af
fairs which have brought about the re-
cent Outrages of humanity which have
been disclosed from the county Jail.
do not attempt to say who is to
blame for this state of facts which
have rendered possible the recent
occurrences in the Jail, but do say that
it is reproach to the city and re-
prOach to every honest citizen. For
that reason l have offered this resOlu-
ton, hoping that it may have some in
fiuence in inaugurating a reform in the
affairs of the jail in this county,"
The resolution was passed unani
mOusly, without further discussion.
THE LATE LAMENTATIONS.
A communication was received from
Charming Seabury, of the jobbers'
union committee on state fairs, asking
the council to appropriate the round
sum of 1000 to make up the deficit in
the cost of the illumination and fire.
works during the state fair. The total
cost of new arches, globes, extra illumi-
mating designs, band stands, music and
fireworks provided under the super
vision of the committee was S9,411.T.
OF this sum S., 207,50 has been raised by
private subscriptions from property
owners along the illuminated streets.
The communication concludes with this
offer:
When our committee has finished its labors,
there will remain no one in charge of the
large amount of property-gas pipe, globes,
etc.-which have been paid for, largely by
citizens, last year and this, and which has
cost at least SIS, ZOO. We propose to turn
this over 10 The city, to be uSeu as occasion
requires.
The matter was referred to the COM
mittee on claims.
The council committee who had
charge of President Cleveland's recep-
ton and entertainment in st. Paul sub
mitted its report with tabulated state
ment of the expenses incurred and an
ordinance providing for the payment
out of the city treasury. The total
amount of bills Endorsed by the commit
tee is S6,490.14. The report was ap-
proved and the ordinance passed.
CARNIVAL Affairs.
A communication from l.. III. Maxfield,
president of the Carnival association,
read:
In view of the great benefit our city has
derived from the carnival, and knowing as
we do, that the benefit is not confined to the
few. but equally engaged by all, the Carnival
association beg to petition your honorable
body to confer with committee from the
association. q
This is in pursuance of the plans laid
down by Mr.. NOyeS before the chamber
of commerce Monday morning, and as it
cOntemplates an appropriation, the
council committee on claims was named
to confer with the Carnival association
committee.
Aid. Kenny sent to the clerks desk
letter addressed to him from Alex
Adams, of the ST. Paul Foundry COM
pany, which read:
would most respectfully ask if it was the
intention of the city council to include stand
pipes in connection with the fire escapes.
when the building ordinances were adopted.
If such were the intention 1t works entirely
in the interest of Chicago patent.
The objection was evidently aimed at
the revised building ordinances recently
adapted. which emanated from Building
Inspector Johnson's Office. Attached
to the letter was the following resolu-
ton by Alderman Kenny, which was
passed.
That the building inspector be and is hereby
requested to inform the city council by what
authority he instructs building owners to put
on their buildings Chicago fire escape, in
preference to those manufactured in st.
Paul.
The committee on public buildings
and markets put the finishing touches
to the market house question in their
report on Aid. Weber's resolution.
instructing the committee to inquire
whether the present markets were a
paying investment, and if they ought
not to be sold, The committee reported
that, while in its opinion the lots pure
chased for hay and wood markets ar
not available for the purpose for which
they were purchased at the present
time, yet the committee deem it unwise
to offer the same for sale, as the pro-
perty can be prOfitably held, and in the
future utilized for city purposes.
The officers in charge of the United
States geSdetic survey presented petit
tition and ordinance granting permits
sion to use a portion of Smelling avenue.
| from the point of intersection with the
Mississippi river to point not exceed
| ing six miles north on said avenue-the
point to be selected by the United
| StateS-and to use the portion
of the avenue for a base line
for the purpose of making
survey of the state, and to erect OBJ
serving tripods and signals at each end
! of the said portion of the avenue and to
plant permanent monuments at each of
| these points. The ordinance passed.
MIR. LICK's CASE.
Joseph Lick, the rich and eccentric
character who was convicted in the po-
lice court week ago for ste aling lum-
Der and fined 800, sent in petition
asking the council to Investigate the
case and return the amount of the fine.
| The petition asserts that he is innocent
| of the charge, ''but by the
extorted, exaggerated and half-remem-
bered story of Policeman Ross, who had
drunk whisky in the presence and at the
expense of the petitioner on the morn
ing the alleged larceny was committed,
and feared that he would be reported y
was convicted of the theft of S1.50 worth
oflumber. 1t is not the money that he
wants so much, but he wishes that po-
lice officers, who are themselves of law,
may learn that they should not be actu-
ated by malice in the prosecution OF
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